To think William Morris and Gransnet are poles apart

Galaxy

I never rinse rice. I am probably lucky to be alive.

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Ironically, I do rinse basmati rice (low arsenic) but not brown (the worst offender).

This is turning into a fascinating discussion. A few years back I was poisoned, not by DH or by arsenic, and I had to take a toxicology test. My mercury reading was in the red danger zone but so was cadmium which is found in cereals, nuts and pulses. On the other hand it is also found in artists' paints, red and yellow. To this day I don't know where it came from in me? We probably all walk round with imbalances due to exposures.

What an interesting thread. Doodledog you’re becoming an expert on curious causes of death in Victorian days.

Elegran, thanks so much for the Lord Peter Whimsey/Dorothy Sayers reference. When I culled my large collection of paper backs, I couldn’t put the collection of Sayers in the charity box. I’m planning one as afternoon comfort with a cup of tea and maybe a biscuit later.

To Grannies in Glasgow- what is happening with the Museum after the 2 terrible fires. It has always been my dream to visit one day.

Kali2

To Grannies in Glasgow- what is happening with the Museum after the 2 terrible fires. It has always been my dream to visit one day.

Do you mean the Glasgow College of Art?

I did a life drawing class there 25 years ago. It was a residential.
I met a very dashing older man on said course.
To cut a long story short;
reader, he was married

Crikey Josiann. I like the way you appear so casual about being poisoned

What were your symptoms Josieann?
I too admire your insouciance ( I hope that’s the right word)

Had you been to see a beautiful Cathedral?

Jane just got it!

Iam64 Now you will know whodunnit as soon as the bloke with the handsome head of hair appears!

Josiann we used to play with mercury at school and flick it around on the bench top in the science laboratory.

What an interesting thread. Doodledog you’re becoming an expert on curious causes of death in Victorian days.

We all have to be good at something ?

It was one of those short courses (a couple of hours a week for six weeks) run at the local library many years ago. It was fun looking at the different attitudes to death and the methods of detection that were available back then.

The Victorians were good at sentimentality and mourning...I think they may have invented it whilst letting their children lick the wallpaper

They were, and as death was all around then, because of disease, childbirth and industrial/agricultural workers' conditions, they were far less 'bothered' by it than now. Which is not, of course, to suggest that mothers didn't love their children - more that they didn't expect them all to live to adulthood. All the same, people'd first thought was rarely for; play, so things were put down to natural causes far more then they would be nowadays.

'foul play', not 'for; play' ?

Or fore play even.

MayBeMaw

Kali2

To Grannies in Glasgow- what is happening with the Museum after the 2 terrible fires. It has always been my dream to visit one day.

Do you mean the Glasgow College of Art?

Yes, thanks

Sorry ladies, couldn’t resist .

BBbevan

Or fore play even.

You have to lower the tone, don’t you?

Yes ! I have always been a bit irreverent. Is that a slapped wrist Fanny ?

This is a bit like an argument between myself and him indoors. If we ever won the jackpot on the lottery (ha, IF) we'd mostly agree on things. Some not so much!
He'd like a country pub, me not so much.
He speaks about art and investment. Fine. But, and here's the problem, I will not have any art in my house either on walls or shelves that I do not like just because it's an investment!!
I still have to live there, see these things and try to be happy with them surrounding me, so an ugly old picture or vase ain't gonna do it for me! Lol

JaneJudge

also I thought my fact that his rage was so wild it would provoke him to have seizures was apt too surely they were limbic seizures though in todays money

What evidence do you have for stating that?

bonbons01

JaneJudge

also I thought my fact that his rage was so wild it would provoke him to have seizures was apt too surely they were limbic seizures though in todays money

What evidence do you have for stating that?

are you following me?

JaneJudge, no.
Are you willing to answer my question please?